Domestic violence, domestic abuse, or domestic assault is a pattern of behavior in an intimate relationship where one partner physically and/or emotionally abuses the other. Abuse can take many forms including physical, sexual, emotional, and economic abuse. The frequency and severity of domestic violence can vary dramatically; however, domestic violence often involves coercive control tactics such as intimidation including threats, isolation, and economic abuse in addition to physical violence. There are qualified criminal attorneys in Los Angeles who are skilled in defending those accused. Although domestic violence happens in all types of relationships, it most often occurs between intimate partners (spouses or domestic partners) and family members. In the United States,…